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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- gen1
- English meanings
- m.[general]
Stroke practice
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 木; right 艮.
Meaning & sound clues
木 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “tree”.
艮 is identified as the sound component (gěn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 根.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Related words
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- 归根到底
- 扎根
- 斩草除根
- 根基
- 根据
- 根本
- 根治
- 根深蒂固
- 根源